Where'd you get those patches? Nice Panopticon shirt too, I wanted one of those, but was running a little low on cash when he put them up for sale so I missed out (plus I already have so many band shirts that i should probably slow down on my purchases of those for a while)

I ordered the tape from discogs (I think directly from one of the guys in Merkaba) and they came with it. There was no mention of them in the description so I was really surprised to find them in the package! If you want them it's probably worth it to contact the bands to see if they still have any.

And Austin only put up half of the shirts, so the rest should be coming soon. Plus I'm sure he'll do more at some point. I'm really hoping he'll do those back patches again too.

Cool, I might get in touch with the bands to see if they've got any. And I'm glad there might be another chance to grab one of thos shirts. Which back patch design are you talking about?

Just came in: Order From Chaos - An Ending In Fire (this bands releases aren't easy to find cheap)

wicked, notoriously hard to find stuff by them aye

Wicked purchase! Some guy at the Wacken metal market a couple years ago had most of the old OFC Shivardarshana (sp?) CDs for dirt cheap; like 5 - 10 Euros for sealed copies. I've been kicking myself ever since for not buying them all at the time. I did get the first pressing of Asateerul Awaleen from him though for maybe 8 Euros, which made me very happy. Damn I wish I could afford to go back there...

Anyway, picked up a couple classics recently:

Black Sabbath - DehumanizerQueensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime / Queen of the Reich (This is a strange 2 CD set from France. The Queen of the Reich CD actually seems to be a reissue version of the Queensrÿche EP with bonus tracks. Weird)

A momentary break from metal. Well, sort of: the first time I heard a Shostakovich string quartet -- either the 7th or 8th, I forget -- when it hit one of those characteristically frenzied crescendos, I was like, this sounds like Emperor. And Grieg, well, Grieg is metal.

A momentary break from metal. Well, sort of: the first time I heard a Shostakovich string quartet -- either the 7th or 8th, I forget -- when it hit one of those characteristically frenzied crescendos, I was like, this sounds like Emperor. And Grieg, well, Grieg is metal.

Shostakovich is excellent, i was playing symphony 7 'leningrad' yesterday, great stuff!

@DeathfareEvil: Awesome grab! Sounds like I have to check out some Grieg. I haven't heard any of those pieces but I know Shostakovich's fifth and Dvorak's 9th (I'm a sucker for symphonies) and you can't go wrong with Bach (or almost all classical music, really) even though baroque is pretty un-metal but who cares. I assume you bought those at a bargain? Stuff is always ass cheap around here.

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Six Feet Under ‎– Death Rituals Six Feet Under ‎– Commandment Six Feet Under ‎– 13 Hellfueled ‎– Volume One [some pretty solid thrashy/heavy metal from sweden, check them out] TAD - Busted Circuits And Ringing Ears [DVD! saw it while i was at the counter not even paying attention, it just caught my eye, love these guys!]

A momentary break from metal. Well, sort of: the first time I heard a Shostakovich string quartet -- either the 7th or 8th, I forget -- when it hit one of those characteristically frenzied crescendos, I was like, this sounds like Emperor. And Grieg, well, Grieg is metal.

Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime / Queen of the Reich (This is a strange 2 CD set from France. The Queen of the Reich CD actually seems to be a reissue version of the Queensrÿche EP with bonus tracks. Weird)

@DeathfareEvil: Awesome grab! Sounds like I have to check out some Grieg. I haven't heard any of those pieces but I know Shostakovich's fifth and Dvorak's 9th (I'm a sucker for symphonies) and you can't go wrong with Bach (or almost all classical music, really) even though baroque is pretty un-metal but who cares. I assume you bought those at a bargain? Stuff is always ass cheap around here.

I can't say the deal was a steal, exactly. Through Amazon, the 2 5CD sets were approx. $20 each. But I had to have. Fast.

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Shostakovich is excellent, i was playing symphony 7 'leningrad' yesterday, great stuff!

Oh god yeah, his symphonies are massive. They go from bleak to immense to completely insane. I think I love the 10th the most; hearing his "initials" (the DSCH motif) blared through an entire orchestra, and knowing that the symphony premiered the year Stalin died, after Shostakovich and others had been censored under the Zhdanov Doctrine, never fails to give me the goosebumps. Such a great "no fuck you" to Soviet-era persecution.

Shostakovich is excellent, i was playing symphony 7 'leningrad' yesterday, great stuff!

DeathfareDevil wrote:

Oh god yeah, his symphonies are massive. They go from bleak to immense to completely insane. I think I love the 10th the most; hearing his "initials" (the DSCH motif) blared through an entire orchestra, and knowing that the symphony premiered the year Stalin died, after Shostakovich and others had been censored under the Zhdanov Doctrine, never fails to give me the goosebumps. Such a great "no fuck you" to Soviet-era persecution.

my cd only has a few select movements from a few select pieces [a compilation...] russian classical is like australian metal - essentialnight on bald mountain and the firebird are another two for the metaheads aye.

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Is there a thread somewhere where people posted pics of their entire collection? I'd be interested in seeing those.

i think if a thread is older than xxx weeks or something it gets automatically locked? but don't quote me on that.we could start an official collection blog/page/etc and everyone could upload their photos there

i think if a thread is older than xxx weeks or something it gets automatically locked? but don't quote me on that.we could start an official collection blog/page/etc and everyone could upload their photos there

Cool. I'll have to wait for someone else to start that thread since I'm a "metal newbie".

ha! wicked, did they come with the bone and the mask or did you just happen to have them laying around ><.i really need some more mortician, probably just cds though

Hehe, just stuff laying around here, and I thought it would fit with the lps Mortician is very good, love the zombie/horro feeling of the music!I also think these two Eps are among their best releases.